The Warriors are locked into the Western Conference's No. 2 seed. These last seven games are all about getting some kind of rhythm going into the playoffs. Most of the injured stars should be returning over the next couple weeks — in time to overtake Toronto for second-best record in the NBA? — and shake the Warriors out of their current funk.

But that short-term goal is of little consequence. The Warriors are already resigned to starting the Western Conference finals in Houston if both teams get that far, confident they can still win the series. If they feel that way about the Rockets, they certainly feel that way about the Raptors (currently one game ahead in the standings, but the Warriors have the tiebreaker advantage) potentially having home-court advantage in the Finals.

Which means the only truly important thing left to do before the April 14 or 15 playoff start date is figure out the postseason rotation. That can't be nailed down now because the...